Lewistown loses to state-ranked Lady Indians

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Jan 23, 2010 at 12:01 AMJan 23, 2010 at 10:05 PM

A bad second quarter proved to be the difference as the state-ranked Brimfield Lady Indians defeated the Lewistown Lady Indians 65-55 Friday night. With the game tied 16-16 after the first quarter, the eventual winners outscored coach Greg Bennett's team 16-4 in the second quarter, scoring the final 12 points before the half.

Stephen Shank, Sports Editor

A bad second quarter proved to be the difference as the state-ranked Brimfield Lady Indians defeated the Lewistown Lady Indians 65-55 Friday night. With the game tied 16-16 after the first quarter, the eventual winners outscored coach Greg Bennett's team 16-4 in the second quarter, scoring the final 12 points before the half.
Brimfield had the first run in the game, breaking out to a 10-5 lead on 3-poiners from Kelsey Herridge and McKenzie Kelly. However, Lewistown tied the game at 10-all on two free throws from Kristyn LeGrande before taking the lead on Kalie Bainter's basket at the 2:16 mark.
Lewistown led at 16-15 on Bainter's third field goal in the quarter before Nicole Clevenger hit one of two free throws to tie the game at the end of the quarter.
LeGrande gave her team what turned out to be their last lead of the night at 18-16 early in the second quarter. Then with 4:46 left in the half, Whitney Wilkinson retied the game the 20-all.
However, Brimfield's All-State player Paige Spietz found her touch. Saddled with two early fouls, the senior missed most of the first quarter. Coach Jim Blane put her back in the lineup midway in the second quarter. His gamble paid off as Spietz scored eight points in her team's 12-point run in the final 3:28 in the half. Six of her points came from within the paint while two came from the free throw line.
Lewistown's chances for a victory dampened when Brimfield opened the second half on a 9-1 run. Spietz contributed one of the field goals while Herridge knocked down another 3-pointer.
Still trailing 45-29 at the 2:39 mark, Lewistown went on a 10-3 run closing to within 48-39 late in the quarter. In the rally, Delanie Monn and Rachel Bull chipped in with a 3-pointer apiece. However, Brimfield's Brycie Courter hit a 3-pointer of her own as time ran out, giving her club a 51-39 lead.
The best Bennett's club could do in the fourth qaurter was close to within nine points on two occassions — the first at 51-42 when LeGrande hit a free throw. The second time came at the 6-minute mark when LeGrande scored from the paint, leaving her team down 53-44.
Brimfield finished the quarter hitting 6 of their first 8 free throw attempts, increasing their lead to 65-50 with 1:12 left in the game.
Bull led Lewistown (13-9, 4-2) in scoring with 20 points. LeGrande finished with 17. Bainter scored 12. Monn netted four points. Wilkinson added two.
Spietz scored 21 for Brimfield (20-3, 6-0) before fouling out late in the game. Herridge and Clevenger added 11 points apiece.

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